How to install Ubuntu Desktop on EC2 EBS

Ctdh, a BitNami community member, has generously provided us with a great tutorial on how to make persistent data in Amazon Machine Images :

" Many of the instances of Ubuntu on EC2 are not based on an EBS instance which means you cannot stop/start the service without loosing the data and you cannot create your own ami fresh from the instance. So here is How to create your own Ubuntu Desktop on an EBS based EC2:

If you use Windows to connect to the Amazon cloud, you can use the PuTTY tool, set the Host to ubuntu@[use the public DNS] and set Connection/SSH/Auth/Private Key file to the mykey.ppk you created in http://bitnami.org/tutorials/amazon_machine_images

Set Connection/SSH/Tunnels Source port: 9000 and to Destination: localhost:5901

If you want to install the Ubuntu Desktop you can enter the following commands at the terminal prompt: